A 26-year-old New Jersey man was charged with strangulation, simple assault and disorderly conduct toward police after an incident Wednesday at 10:50 a.m. on the 500 block of N. Liberty Street.

Marlon Foster was staying at a female's resident for a couple of nights and is accused of choking the female on Wednesday. He restricted her breathing for a short period of time, police said.

The victim was able to get out of the residence and call police. Foster was apprehended and transported to Lebanon County Central Booking. He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Maria Dissinger and placed in Lebanon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $25,000 bail.

Lebanon

False Identification: James Martinez, 21, of Lebanon, was charged with false identification to a law enforcement officer and disorderly conduct toward police after an incident at 3:51 p.m. Thursday on the 300 block of North 8th Street. Martinez had an active warrant from Lancaster County and provided police a false name, police said. He was taken into custody without incident, for Lancaster County.

North Londonderry

Crash: Palmyra Citizens Fire Co. and LifeLion EMS were dispatched at 11:37 a.m. Thursday to East Elm and South Railroad streets for a crash with injuries. A police report was not immediately available.

Theft: Tyler Hitz, 23, of 119 W. Main St., 2nd Floor, Annville, was charged with retail theft at 3:52 p.m. Nov. 19 after he was observed taking $223.08 in merchandise from Walmart, 100 N. Londonderry Square, by removing cell phones from their packaging, concealing them and exiting the store without making payment, police said. Hitz was observed doing the same thing the day before, according to police.

South Londonderry

Richland

Burglary: Richard Salem, 71, Richland, reported at 9:26 a.m. Wednesday that a Stihl MS 170 chainsaw valued at $200 was stolen from his garage, state police at Lickdale said. State police ask anyone with information regarding this incident to call them at 717-865-5067 and reference incident PA17-1291730.

State police also remind the residents of Richland and Myerstown to lock their doors and vehicles due to an increasing number of thefts in the area.

Jackson

Crash: Abbie Mosteller, 21, Bethel, was operating her vehicle southbound on Route 501 just north of College Street at 10:01 a.m. Wednesday when another vehicle that was traveling north in the southbound lane collided with her vehicle, state police at Lickdale said. Mosteller turned to the right to avoid a head-on collision and was instead struck in the driver side mirror, according to state police. Mosteller's vehicle came to a stop in the grass on the west side of the roadway while the other vehicle fled the scene northbound on Route 501, state police said.

West Cornwall

Crash: Vehicles operated by Larry Roush, 78, of 110 Brown Ave., Mount Gretna, and Frank Fabricious, 76, of 109 S. Robeson St., Robesonia, were involved in a crash at the intersection of Route 322 and Route 241 North at 9:26 a.m. Thursday, police said. No injuries were reported, according to police.

North Lebanon

DUI: Amy Vanderr, 36, of 885 S. Third St., Lebanon, was charged Thursday with driving under the influence of alcohol for an incident that occurred Oct. 28 in the 700 block of North Eighth Ave., police said. Vanderr's blood alcohol content was not given.

Theft of Motor Vehicle: Zebulon Pace, 39, of 900 Miller St., Lebanon, was charged Thursday with theft of a motor vehicle and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle for an incident that occurred Nov. 23 at his residence, police said. Pace is accused of stealing a 2017 Jeep valued at $24,900 from outside of his residence, according to police.

West Lebanon

Theft: Brenden Freeman, 20, of 557 E. Penn Ave., Cleona, was charged Thursday with theft for an incident that occurred at Maguire's Nissan, 2001 Cumberland St., police said. Freeman is accused of taking tools valued at $1,050, according to police.

Theft: Justin West, 28, Lancaster, was charged Thursday with theft for an incident that occurred Aug. 1 at LongHorn Steakhouse, 2125 Cumberland St., police said. West is accused of taking items valued at $147, according to police.

Possession: Loriann Cuddy, 40, Hummelstown, was charged Thursday with possession of a small amount of marijuana for an incident that occurred June 25 in the 1900 block of Church Street, police said.

Crash: Joseph Noll, 65, of 1605 Sandhill Road, Lebanon, was operating his vehicle in the 1300 block of North Seventh Street when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a utility pole, a fence and landscaping at Sunset Designs and Landscaping, 1313 N. Seventh St., police said. No injuries were reported, according to police. The investigation is ongoing.

Dauphin

Crash: Kendall King, 19, Annville, was operating his vehicle south on Interstate 81 in the left lane near mile marker 68.7 at 4:13 p.m. Tuesday when his vehicle's drive shaft broke, state police at Harrisburg said. Donald Muckel, 24, Lititz, was operating his vehicle behind King's vehicle and was unable to avoid the drive shaft and drove over it causing his vehicle to become disabled due to popped tires, bent rims and heavy oil leakage from the undercarriage, according to state police. No injuries were reported, state police said.